Noble Consort Finding Faults
Ling Feng Palace, in front of Lan Qin Yuās room.
She sneers as she looks at the couple of women who are staring at her like tigresses.Ā The entourage is not small!Ā The maids and eunuchs in front of her are twenty in number, almost like an entire class.Ā Even the Noble Consort has come!Ā Xiu Er once said that there are two Noble Consorts in the palace, one is Noble Consort Yu and the other is Noble Consort Shu.Ā The one in front of her who is standing nobly while being surrounded by people is Noble Consort Yu.
From what Xiu Er whispered to her just now, the one on the left-most side is YunĀ Pin, next to her is LiangĀ Fei, Noble Consort Yu, and next to her is MeiĀ PinĀ and the useless and game-overed Princeās Consort Liu.Ā And amongst them is the Noble Consort Yu who is the mother of the eldest prince.Ā She can be considered a fine beauty.
āYour Ladyship, it is her!ā Consort Liu points at her as she speaks to the emperorās concubines.
MeiĀ PinĀ eyes Lan Qin Yu up and down before saying, āShe didnāt look that great!Ā Even her clothes is extremely common.Ā Just one look and I can tell she isnāt a maid from respectable families.ā
Compared to their flashy appearance, her clothes did look a little plain.Ā But, a respectable familyāsā¦ā¦. maid?Ā Granted, she wasnāt wrong, but stillā¦ā¦
Upon hearing her sneer, Xiu Er suppress a shiver, her palms sweaty.Ā Since she served Lan Qin Yu, she knows what it means when she sneers.Ā If she is unhappy, it is better for people to stay far away from her to avoid stepping on landmines.
Unfortunately, there are people who are not observant enough to know that.
āYou are right!Ā I donāt know why the second prince would even allow this kind of person to stay by his side!āĀ YunĀ PinĀ agrees.
This kind of person?Ā Stay by his side?Ā Ā Ā What do they take her, Lan Qin Yu as?Ā An escort?Ā She herself isnāt capable enough to rise to be aĀ FeiĀ and yet she dares to find somebody elseās flaw?
āAll aunties, I wonder why you all are visiting my place today?ā Lan Qin Yu twirls her hair spontaneously, her emotions unreadable.
āA-Aunties?!Ā You actually called us aunties!ā the first one who spoke up was LiangĀ Fei.Ā Even Noble Consort Yu is frowning.
So she is actually capable of making an expression.Ā Lan Qin Yu originally thought she was just there to watch the show to pass time.
The thing women fear the most is ageing. Ā After all, who wants to be called old by others?Ā āThe empress told me she plans to confer me the title āprincessā, so calling you all auntie didnāt seem very appropriate!āĀ She props her chin and tilts her head, āOh right, should I be calling you stepmothers then?ā
This kidā¦.Ā Her mouth is really competent.Ā Noble Consort Yu gives YunĀ PinĀ a look while Lan Qin Yu watches their interaction quietly.Ā Wants to play dirty?Ā Dream on!Ā Sure enough, while MeiĀ PinĀ and LiangĀ FeiĀ are busy criticizing Lan Qin Yu, YunĀ PinĀ approach her and raise her left hand high-
Noble Consort is a really really really really high position in the palace. Ā Itās pronunciation is Guifei (remember Yang Guifei?). Ā If we go according to Qing Dynastyās system, they are only second to the Empress. Ā Below them is āFeiā. Ā And below āFeiā is āPinā. Ā āPinā itself is a high rank. Ā I chose to address Fei and Pin in the romanized version instead of their English terms because they can be pretty vague. Ā So basically;
Noble Consort (there can also be Imperial Noble Consort, Huang Guifei, one step higher than Noble Consort, but they are very rare)
A couple of ranks below.\n